Contax 90mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss Sonnar T * for G1/2 Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by:

Ramray
( Intermediate)

Review Date
June 11, 2009

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 1 of 17

Price Paid: $200.00 from ebay

Summary:

The best short teles I have ever used were this Planar and the 90/2.8 Leitz. As this is now such a bargan, it is the best overall. Sharp, crisp with color and detail that are just amazing.

Strengths:

Sharp, Crisp
Inexpensive for a Zeiss
Great Bokeh
Small and light

Weaknesses:

Sometimes the G1 has difficulty locking focus wiht thei lins, but with the G2 it is fine

Similar Products Used:

Leitz (90), Canon, Nikon, Minolta (100s)

Customer Service:

Never needed-moot now as no longer in exisitance

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Rating
Reviewed by: Johann B
(Expert)

Review Date
January 17, 2004

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 2 of 17

Price Paid: $550.00 from NY Discount

Summary:

It's my favorite portrait lens, bar none. It's sharp where you want it to be, but has lovely bokeh where you don't want it sharp, and has little enough depth of field that you can play with sharpness/bokeh in portraits.

Strengths:

sharp, great bokeh, inexpensive, professional results, nice color rendition, great contrast

Weaknesses:

none so far...

Similar Products Used:

zeiss 85/1.4, asahi 85/1.8, leitz 90/2 APO

Customer Service:

not needed

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Rating
Reviewed by: Roberto Walking
(Expert)

Review Date
May 5, 2003

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 3 of 17

Price Paid: $400.00 from Italy

Summary:

Very solid and well made.superlative sharp and resolution.very pleasant the out-focus performance. With G1 it is perfect at 2.8 too!

Strengths:

high resolution lens. incredibly cheaper than Leitz lens.

Weaknesses:

No deep of field

Similar Products Used:

Nikkor 105 2.5,Planar 85 1.4, Zuiko 100 2.8, Jupiter 9 2, Elmar 90 4

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Rating
Reviewed by: Clive Hickman
(Intermediate)

Review Date
April 19, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 4 of 17

Price Paid: $299.00 from Delta

Summary:

As with all of the Zeiss G lenses, this one is simply excellent. Sharpness is incredible, contrast and color unmatched by anything else I have used including highly rated Nikkors. Skin tones are natural and it is possible to pick out the pores of the skin in portraits taken from 15 feet away and blown up on a 60 by 60 screen. As good as a Hasselblad? Probably. This lens is a gem and the entire G system is a delight--it is THE state of the art for sharpness, contrast, build-quality and convenience.

Strengths:

Incredible value for money--the Leica focal length equivalent is inferior according to some tests and it is four times the cost. Very light--I love taking my G2 and 5 lenses on vacation--everything fits in a small Lowepro that weighs so little you can carry the equipment all day without discomfort.

Weaknesses:

None

Similar Products Used:

Nikon 105mm 1.8 Nikon 80-200mm

Customer Service:

I hear its good

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Rating
Reviewed by: Meryl Arbing
(Intermediate)

Review Date
March 18, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Review 5 of 17

Price Paid: $500.00 from Henry''s (Toronto)

Summary:

An exceptional lens which is completely up to Zeiss standards of quality and manufacture. One must be mindful that when used whide open and a close distances that the lens has a very shallow depth of field and those who are not aware of this may find themselves disappointed but, once you learn to account for this there is usually no more surprises

Strengths:

Incredibly sharp and well built. You can handhold this lens much more easily than and SLR

Weaknesses:

The shallow DOF takes some experience to account for

Similar Products Used:

Zeiss 85/f1.4 SLR

Customer Service:

No fault found!

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